ʾAlfīyah is one of the most reliable grammatical works in the Arabic literature. It is a versified work including 1,000 couplets composed in Rajaz metric. ʾAlfīyah is compiled in 71 chapters. Numerous commentaries have been written on this work so far, of which Suyūṭī's commentary is the most popular in the Iranian religious schools. — Multiple dates; Herat
Wadh.Minasian 458
Wadham College, University of Oxford
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Title
ʾAlfīyah is one of the most reliable grammatical works in the Arabic literature. It is a versified work including 1,000 couplets composed in Rajaz metric. ʾAlfīyah is compiled in 71 chapters. Numerous commentaries have been written on this work so far, of which Suyūṭī's commentary is the most popular in the Iranian religious schools. — Multiple dates; Herat
Shelfmark
Wadh.Minasian 458
Place of origin
Herat
Date
1856
Language
Arabic
Contents
Form
codex
Support
Western paper (watermark), natural buff, varying thickness (thin, regular and thick), one size. Brittle paper.
Physical extent
60 ff. 8 5
Hands
Beautiful Shikastah, one hand, regular hand. Titles are unwritten. Muḥammad Ismāʿīl ibn Muḥammad Bāqir Khan محمد اسماعیل ابن محمد باقر خان
Acquisition
Donated to The Ferdowsi Library by Dr Caro Minasian in 1972.
Subject
Arabic language--Grammar
Arabic language--Syntax
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- محمد اسماعیل ابن محمد باقر خان
- Mohammad Emami
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Ali Mir-Ansari
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Minasian, Caro Owen
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Ibn Mālik, Muḥammad ibn ʻAbd Allāh, d. 1274